CHOOJIAHUI / OCTOBER 25, 1994 / CBOX / (JIAMING)

And maybe I shouldn't have.

Always correct what's wrong.
I thought I'd give myself a chance last year since I just started adapting to secondary school (excuses) and brush it off when I got a 67% for Term1. Then I did much better in Term2 but I dropped again in Term3, but I allowed myself since it was after a long month-break (excuses). When I got a 70% in Term4, I allowed myself since it was in the range of my expectations

Set yourself realistic goals.
I thought my expectations were realistic enough. I wasn't asking for a 80% or even, a 75%. I just wanted a stable 70%, considering that I entered StNicks with an aggregate of lesser than 250, I knew I didn't exactly have a very high academic ranking in the cohort.

Reflect on your progress.
I am obviously settling into the 1week holiday mood already, albeit the fact that these few weeks would've been the most busy for us, etcetc. But I must say that I did mug for the tests, okay.

So maybe I was upset because I didn't reap what I sowed. Or what I thought I sowed. Maybe I didn't sow enough.

And I didn't even get a 67%. 60+% won't get me anywhere I want to be. Because I don't want to go through another of those expectations-lowering sessions.